Platform Engineer (Database & Infrastructure)
Foxconn Industrial Internet · Houston, TX
The role
The Platform Engineer handles daily database administration, platform services maintenance, and infrastructure support for the engineering team in an on-premises environment. Responsibilities include database monitoring, backup/recovery, performance tuning, and managing services like Redis, MinIO, and Kafka, along with Linux and Windows server maintenance.
- Location
- Houston, TX
- Level
- Mid
- Experience
- 2+ yrs
- Education
- Bachelors
What we know that the posting doesn’t say
- Seen 1 day agostill listed on the employer’s careers page
- Posted 5 days agothe first time we saw it
About Foxconn Industrial Internet
Foxconn Industrial Internet is a company that appears to be involved in manufacturing and enterprise systems, as indicated by the job description's mention of experience in such environments.
What you would do
- Perform daily database administration including monitoring, patching, and upgrades
- Execute and verify database backup, recovery, and restore procedures
- Monitor and troubleshoot database performance, identify slow queries, and recommend index improvements
- Deploy, monitor, and maintain on-premises platform services like event streaming, message brokers, and object storage
- Manage platform services security including user access provisioning and permission audits
- Support Windows and Linux server maintenance for database and platform hosting
Must have
- Database administration including backup/recovery, monitoring, and performance troubleshooting
- T-SQL, stored procedures, indexing strategies, and query execution plans
- Database security fundamentals including user management and role-based access
- Familiarity with Windows Server and Linux (RHEL/Ubuntu) environments
- Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills under pressure
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT, or related field
- 2+ years of experience in database administration or database-heavy support role
Nice to have
- Microsoft certifications in SQL Server or Azure Data (DP-300 or equivalent)
- Experience with SQL Server/Postgres high availability features like AlwaysOn, Log Shipping, Mirroring
- Exposure to on-premises platform services such as Redis, MinIO, Kafka, or similar
- Basic familiarity with CI/CD tools like Jenkins, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps Pipelines
- Experience in manufacturing or enterprise systems environments
- Master's degree in Computer Science or related field
- 3+ years with hands-on SQL Server and Linux administration experience
Experience and education
- 2+ years of relevant experience
- Bachelors degree or equivalent experience
Key skills
- database administration
- backup and recovery
- performance tuning
- t-sql
- stored procedures
- indexing
- query execution plans
- database security
- user management
- role-based access
- audit logging
- windows server
- linux
- rhel
- ubuntu
- redis
- minio
- kafka
- ci/cd
- jenkins
- gitlab ci
- azure devops
- sql server
- postgres
Job Description: The Platform Engineer performs day-to-day database administration, platform services maintenance, and infrastructure support for the engineering team in an on-premises environment. This role Database environments, executes backup and recovery procedures, optimizes query performance…
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